The 2020 Presidential race

In the 2016 Presidential election, Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump by almost 2.9 million votes -- and, for the fifth time in US history, the loser became President, proving that when it comes to the election of the President of the United States, the majority does not always rule and their votes do not always matter. Hillary might have won the 2020 election by an even larger margin. We will never know.

Team Clinton says there's no way Hillary is running again

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...5dKF?ocid=AMZN

Of all who cast ballots in the 2018 midterm elections, 59% of women, 67% of 18-to-29-year-olds and 58% of 30-to-44-year-olds voted for Democrats. As this NBC News editorial points out, the party of old wealthy white men is fading fast.

Trump celebrated the midterm results but without millennials and women he could be headed for disaster in 2020
Americans delivered an unmistakable message of disapproval to both Trump and the GOP. Will Republicans listen?

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...-be-ncna934706

Beto O'Rourke raised $60 milion in donations, more than any Senate candidate in history, and he lost to Ted Cruz by only 3 percentage points in a state that hasn't elected a Democratic Senator since Lloyd Bentsen in 1970. And now.......

Calls for Beto O'Rourke to run in 2020 multiply among Democrats

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...zy1g?ocid=AMZN

The number of Democrats vying for the Presidential nomination in 2020 could top the record-setting number (17) who sought the nomination in 2016. CBS News today looks at some of the possibilities. Among them are Biden, O'Rourke, Sanders, Warren, Gillibrand, Holder, Hickenlooper and Klobuchar and McCauliffe. Hillary is not on the list but Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is. He may as well run -- he's hardly ever in Los Angeles anyway.

One of these Democrats could be the next President

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/one-of-...ext-president/

CNN political analysts Chris Cillizza and Harry Enten seem to feel Kamala Harris should be -- and will be -- the 2020 Democratic nominee for President. I should let the Democrats know so they don't waste any time and money on a nominating convention.

Why Kamala Harris is the new Democratic frontrunner
CNN, Nov 12 2018 9:23 PM ET

If there's one lesson Democrats should learn from the 2018 election, it's this: Their base wants to make history. Democratic voters helped elect a historic number of women to Congress. They elected the first Muslim-American women -- one in Minnesota and another in Michigan. They voted in the first Native-American women -- in New Mexico and Kansas. Everywhere you looked on the map last Tuesday night, Democratic voters were backing women -- and oftentimes women of color.

Which brings us to the 2020 Democratic presidential race. And specifically to California Senator Kamala Harris. She is in her first term as a senator from the country's largest state. When she won in 2016, she made history as the first African-American woman and the first Indian-American woman to represent California in the Senate. The 2018 election convinced us that Harris seems to be exactly what Democratic voters are telling the party and its politicians they want representing them going forward. A young-ish -- she's 54 -- non-white woman, Harris looks like the Democratic Party base these days. And if 2020 is anything like 2018, that's a very good place for her to be.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/12/polit...ats/index.html

Trump recently called Ojeda "a total wacko" and "stone-cold crazy." Or was it Ojeda who said those things about Trump? No, no, I had it right the first time.

West Virginia Senator Richard Ojeda announces bid to challenge Trump in 2020

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...CGTT?ocid=AMZN

Flake says a Republican who is "conservative" and "decent" should run in 2020 but he doesn't feel he is the right person to take on Trump. Come on, Jeff, there are very few decent Republicans left anymore!

Arizona Senator Jeff Flake douses speculation he'll run for President in 2020

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...PPSy?ocid=AMZN

In a recent poll, Democratic voters favor Biden in 2020. Sanders ranks second. O'Rourke ranks third and is ascending rapidly. A political consultant says O'Rourke is "Barack Obama, but white." No, Barack Obama is Barack Obama. Doy!

'He's Barack Obama, but white': Beto O'Rourke blows up the 2020 Democratic primary

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...S4Xh?ocid=AMZN

The most unpopular President in modern history has failed to gain support of anyone other than core Republicans. Politico analyst Steven Shepard opines that Trump's re-election is looking increasingly unlikely but still is possible, depending on his approval ratings in 2020. They have ranged between 35% and 45%. Right now 43% approve of the way Trump is handling his job as President and 53% disapprove. I bet every one of those 43% is a Republican.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/203198/...ald-trump.aspx

Warning signs mount for Trump re-election bid

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...0XgN?ocid=AMZN

Kasich's final term as Governor of Ohio ends in January. He ran for President in 2000 and 2016. Could the third time be the charm?

John Kasich says he's 'very seriously' considering a 2020 run for President

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...4zWJ?ocid=AMZN

I'm starting to think that everyone who ran for President in 2000, 2004, 2018, 2012 and 2016 and lost and is still alive is going to be running again in 2020.

John Kerry on running for President in 2020: 'I'm going to think about it'

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/28/polit...ent/index.html

The people of New England aren't waiting for Beto O'Rourke to decide if he'll run for President in 2020. They've decided for him. They believe O'Rourke is the man who can "move our country past four years of turmoil and bigotry" and they've launched https://draftbeto2020.org

New PAC hopes to draft Beto O'Rourke for 2020 Presidential run

https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/11/28/pol...020/index.html

Trump's presidency has awakened many who were only minimally interested in Dem politics in the past. The urge among all now is to make right what Trump has damaged, and is, understandably, strong.

But, our emotions can prevent us from seeing clearly. The DNC is banking on it.

Sanders is the only proven progressive. The rest who have expressed interest are typical DNC types regardless of the noises they make. Many have histories that are seriously suspect. Biden has said, "I am no Bernie Sanders."

Those types are not what we need.

These times require extraordinary caution when trying to make the best decision not less. The country's future really does depend on it.

Ooh, the suspense!

Senator Kamala Harris to make 2020 decision 'over the holidays'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...nISY?ocid=AMZN

Memo to NBC's headline writer: California and Texas will not "become the new Iowa and New Hampshire." They will always be California and Texas. Doy!

2020 Democratic primary: California and Texas look to become the new Iowa and New Hampshire
NBC News, Dec 9 2018 4:59 AM

A little over a year from now, millions of Californians will be mailed their ballots on the same day that Iowans head to their famous first-in-the-nation Presidential caucuses. They could start mailing them back before New Hampshire holds its first-in-the-nation primary in 2020. Meanwhile, Texans will have a chance to vote early, too — even before Nevada and South Carolina, which typically round out the earliest portion of the primary calendar.

The explosion of early voting and reshuffling of the primary calendar in 2020 could transform the Democratic Presidential nominating contest, potentially diminishing the power of the traditional, tiny and homogeneous early states in favor of much larger and more diverse battlegrounds. That would be a boon to the best-known candidates with war chests sizable enough to compete in big states early and it would empower black and Hispanic voters in large, multiracial states such as California.

Iowa helped catapult a Georgia peanut farmer named Jimmy Carter to the White House, while New Hampshire did the same for Bill Clinton, who was little known outside his native Arkansas. This time, however, the two biggest states in the country, California and Texas, will for the first time vote on the same day — March 3, "Super Tuesday." That's exactly one month after Iowa's caucuses on February 3 and three weeks past New Hampshire's primary on February 11.

Since both Texas and California have a robust culture of early voting — nearly six-in-10 California Democratic voters cast a ballot by mail in the 2016 Presidential primary — the contests for both delegate-rich states will start even earlier. Well-financed campaigns will take advantage of every opportunity they can get and are likely to begin organizing in California in 2019.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...wa-new-n945491

O'Rourke is popular among donors and activists but Democrats gained 40 House seats by appealing to women and minorities and many political observers feel Democrats should not nominate a white male in 2020. California Senator and former Attorney General Kamala Harris is the daughter of a Tamil mother and Jamaican father. Hmmm.

Beto O'Rourke emerges as the wild card of the 2020 campaign-in-waiting

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...HqIP?ocid=AMZN

James Comey, who today denounced Trump for his lies and his character and called Trumpism an "attack on our values," doesn't want Trump impeached; he just wants Trump out of office. Comey wants to see a Democrat win the 2020 Presidential race by a "landslide" -- and Comey is a Republican!

Comey calls on Americans to 'use every breath we have' to oust Trump in 2020

https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/12/09/pol...020/index.html

By CNN's count, 31 people are considering running for President in 2020. Now we have number 32, a former San Antonio Mayor and former Secretary of Housing & Urban Development.

Julián Castro exploring 2020 presidential bid

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...al-bid-1060045

Julian Castro still has not announced he's running for President in 2020 -- but his twin brother Joaquin announced it for him.

The twin Castro brothers teamed up for one of the most unusual Presidential announcements ever
An important development in the race for the White House took place on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...s-ever-n948061

I'm thinking about running for President in 2020. Hey, alost everyone else is saying it -- I may as well say it, too.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on a 2020 run: 'I'm definitely thinking about it'

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/15/polit...ntv/index.html